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All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

'Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings.

Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll, Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole. - Edward B. Eastwick,

Fate has carried me 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand-- Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast To pierce another.

Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.

A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Every one is the architect of his own fortune.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.